Like La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada (number
10), this old and pure Pedro Ximénez from Jerez is a radical novelty,
not only within the editions of ‘La Bota de’ but also in the Sherry
market at large, since both wines come from soleras that had never
before been commercially released.

La Bota de Pedro Ximénez (nº 11) is an
excellent example of a pure pedro ximénez—that is, never blended with
oloroso or any other wine—produced in the Jerez style: fortified
initially to 18.5% alc. and aged in butts filled only to 5/6 of their
capacity, in order to enhance the complexity of oxidative notes. With
time, the alcohol percentage has dropped to 16.5/17% alc.

The wine was sourced from a 12-butt solera
in the Sacristía of Bodegas Real Tesoro filled in 2000 with a very old
PX that had been carefully selected from the stocks of the former Bodega
Manuel de Argüeso. Since then it has remained untouched, and at the time
of this saca its average age must be around 18 years.

This sweet wine can be enjoyed on its own or
side by side with traditional Spanish desserts (pestiños, torrijas,
mantecadas, crema catalana, tocino de cielo…) or chocolate-based
creations. Serve cool so that the temperature inside the glass evolves
from 12º to about 16º C.

This is an almost indestructible wine that
will grow with bottle age, especially once a bottle has been opened. The
cork stopper must of course be carefully used for storage.